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Myanmar: People practicing open defecation, rural

9.60percent · 2024-11.5% since 2014

People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste. Annual figures for Myanmar from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.602
20239.602
20229.602
20219.602
20209.779
20199.957
201810.134
201710.312
201610.49
201510.667
201410.845
201311.022
201211.2
201111.378
201011.555
200911.733
200811.91
200712.088
200612.266
200512.443
200412.621
200312.798
200212.976
200113.154
200013.331

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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